University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

===Curriculum===
[[File:Students walking through UNC campus.jpg|thumb|Students walking through campus between classes]]
{{As of|2007|post=,}} UNC-Chapel Hill offered 71 bachelor's, 107 master's and 74 [[doctorate|doctoral degree]] programs.<ref name="compendium">{{cite web |url=http://www.unc.edu/news/compendium.shtml|title=Compendium of Key Facts|access-date=April 5, 2008|year=2007|publisher=UNC News Services |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080329062535/http://www.unc.edu/news/compendium.shtml |archive-date = March 29, 2008}}</ref> The university enrolls students from all 100 [[List of counties in North Carolina|North Carolina counties]] and state law requires that the percentage of students from North Carolina in each [[freshman]] class meet or exceed 82%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ctl.unc.edu/hintro.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020827105015/http://ctl.unc.edu/hintro.html  |archive-date=August 27, 2002 |title=Introduction to UNC: Campus and Student Profile |access-date=April 5, 2008 |year=2001 |work=Teaching at Carolina |publisher=UNC Center for Teaching and Learning }}</ref> The student body consists of 17,981 undergraduate students and 10,935 graduate and professional students (as of Fall 2009).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oira.unc.edu/headcount-enrollment.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611193949/http://oira.unc.edu/headcount-enrollment.html  |archive-date=June 11, 2010 |title=Fall 2011 Headcount Enrollment – Office of Institutional Research and Assessment |publisher=Oira.unc.edu |date=September 15, 2011 |access-date=July 10, 2012}}</ref> Racial and ethnic minorities comprise 30.8% of UNC-Chapel Hill's undergraduate population as of 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oira.unc.edu/undergraduate-enrollment-by-race.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611193446/http://oira.unc.edu/undergraduate-enrollment-by-race.html  |archive-date=June 11, 2010 |title=Fall 2011 Undergraduate Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity – Office of Institutional Research and Assessment |publisher=Oira.unc.edu |date=September 15, 2011 |access-date=July 10, 2012}}</ref> and applications from international students more than doubled in five years from 702 in 2004 to 1,629 in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://admissions.unc.edu/Life/Diversity/default.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210033802/http://www.admissions.unc.edu/Life/Diversity/default.html|archive-date=February 10, 2010|title=Diversity at Carolina|publisher=Admissions.unc.edu|date=January 27, 2012|access-date=July 10, 2012}}</ref> Eighty-nine percent of enrolling first year students in 2009 reported a GPA of 4.0 or higher on a weighted 4.0 scale.<ref name="admissions.unc.edu">{{cite web|url=http://www.admissions.unc.edu/pdf/UNC_Quick_Facts.pdf|title=Quick Facts|access-date=June 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609212031/http://www.admissions.unc.edu/pdf/UNC_Quick_Facts.pdf |archive-date=June 9, 2010}}</ref> The most popular majors at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2009 were biology, business administration, psychology, media and journalism, and political science.<ref name="admissions.unc.edu"/> UNC-Chapel Hill also offers 300 study abroad programs in 70 countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://studyabroad.unc.edu/studyabroad.cfm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905150003/http://studyabroad.unc.edu/studyabroad.cfm |archive-date=September 5, 2008|title=Study Abroad at UNC|website=Studyabroad.unc.edu|access-date=July 10, 2012}}</ref>

At the undergraduate level, all students must fulfill a number of general education requirements as part of the Making Connections curriculum, which was introduced in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://advising.unc.edu|title=Academic Advising Program|publisher=UNC Academic Advising Program|access-date=December 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127204810/http://advising.unc.edu/|archive-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref> English, social science, history, foreign language, mathematics, and natural science courses are required of all students, ensuring that they receive a broad [[liberal arts]] education.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://advising.unc.edu/guidelines|title=Academic Policies|publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|access-date=April 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822022809/http://advising.unc.edu/guidelines|archive-date=August 22, 2008}}</ref> The university also offers a wide range of first year seminars for incoming freshmen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu/fys/aboutfys.html|title=FYS @ UNC-CH: About FYS|access-date=February 24, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040224013423/http://www.unc.edu/fys/aboutfys.html|archive-date=February 24, 2004}}</ref> After their second year, students move on to the College of Arts and Sciences, or choose an undergraduate professional school program within the schools of medicine, nursing, business, education, pharmacy, information and library science, public health, or media and journalism.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://admissions.unc.edu/faq/studying.htm#choose|title=When do I choose my major?|year=2005|work=Studying FAQs|publisher=UNC Office of Undergraduate Admissions|access-date=June 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610021658/http://www.admissions.unc.edu/faq/studying.htm|archive-date=June 10, 2008}}</ref> Undergraduates are held to an eight-semester limit of study.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://advising.unc.edu/FAQ/ParentsCouncilFAQs#is-a-student-required|title=Frequently Asked Questions|year=2010|publisher=UNC Academic Advising program|access-date=December 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031022550/http://advising.unc.edu/FAQ/ParentsCouncilFAQs|archive-date=October 31, 2010}}</ref>